It’s been a long while since I have written on my blog. I suppose you could say I got caught up in life, but I think life took over for a while and I learned a bit about myself. Probably should start where I left off . . .

I had been having issues with self-confidence and my ability to code. I do love coding and enjoy it immensely, but going from a job where I was the “go-to” person for everyone to a job that I have no actual background in is a bit on the difficult side. Might not have been too bad if I had still had a job and the structure that I like to work in, but working from home without an obvious structure or project to work on made it more difficult. I have always been good with computers, but this is on a completely different level of knowledge. I think my perfectionist personality is probably part of the problem. I know I can create a website with no problem, but I did not think it was good enough. So I have deleted many things I have created because I was not happy with it and did not believe anyone would like it (like many projects from my GitHub acct). However . . . More

My husband’s Christmas party was fun. Hubby wimped out on me and we didn’t go anywhere else afterwards. We even used Uber so we could drink some and stay out. But it was nice to dress up and eat at a traditional Italian restaurant. Cafe Luna is definitely a place to go in downtown Raleigh if you want some good Italian food. Though next time we are out we are definitely going to Bitter Sweet, which is a dessert bar. Yum! More

This past week has been crazy! My daughter ran a fever on and off last week, was coughing and when the fever broke she broke out in hives. 3 urgent care visits and a visit to her regular doctor came up with a virus hitting kids that sticks around for a little while. She has been so miserable and I didn’t get much work done or sleep, as I was taking care of her and making sure she ate and drank. More

Yay me! My reminder is working since I am doing my blog within a week of the last one. Trying to make this a habit. I’ve been bringing my laptop with me when I Uber, so during slow times I can study and work on my blog. I am enjoying Uber during this time of year as most people are more upbeat because of the holidays. More

I did get sidetracked doing Uber trying to catchup on bills, but I’m getting refocused back on coding and then I wouldn’t have to worry about bills. I think I am about ready, but I still have to think too hard about what I am doing, so I need more practice to make it second nature or as close to second nature. The last couple days of nice weather during the Thanksgiving holiday has helped re-energized me. It’s really amazing what a couple hours of the sun can do for us. I have a daylight alarm, but can only use it when my husband and I get up around the same time or he complains that he gets woke up too early. Wah! 😭 But it is great when I get to use it, because it is a gentle wake up as it slowly brightens the room and you just wake up. You aren’t startled or shaken awake, you just open your eyes. Definitely makes for a better morning. More

Hi! It’s been a while. I’ve been dealing with ups and downs; working out my life and how I am going to pursue it. The bootcamp I originally took was not enough to get a job by itself. Little disappointed in that, but I did learn a lot considering what I knew when I went [it wasn’t as much as I thought I knew]. I have someone teaching me Javascript and I am also learning via freecodecamp.com. Wish I had found this website much earlier. It is a free code camp and your projects consist of actual site you will create for non-profit groups. Awesome! Once you have done 400 hrs you receive a certificate for Front-End Developer and 800 hrs you receive a certificate for Full Stack Developer. Since I already know a good bit from the bootcamp, I’m cruising through the first part. This site teaches you HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, jQuery, Javascript, Json APIs, Ajax, [Get Front End Certificate at this point.] Angular.js, git, Node.js, Express.js, and Mongo DB. I’m filling in the gaps with this and I like jQuery and Javascript. Woohoo!! It’s the little things! More